Strong and Weak Readings in the Domain of Worlds: A Negative Polar Modal and Children's Scope Assignment

被引：6

作者：

Koring, Loes ^{[1
,2
]}

Meroni, Luisa ^{[4
]}

Moscati, Vincenzo ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Macquarie Univ, ARC Ctr Excellence Cognit & Its Disorders, Dept Cognit Sci, Australian Hearing Hub, 16 Univ Ave, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

[2] MIT, Dept Linguist & Philosophy, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[3] Univ Siena, Dept Social Polit & Cognit Sci, Siena, Italy

[4] Univ Utrecht, Dept Language Culture & Commun, Utrecht, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH | 2018年 / 47卷 / 06期

关键词：

Semantic Subset Principle; Scope assignment; Modality; Negation; Acquisition; SENTENCE COMPREHENSION; EPISTEMIC MODALITY; ACQUISITION; LANGUAGE; UNCERTAINTY; CERTAINTY; SEMANTICS; CONTEXTS; ABILITY;

D O I：

10.1007/s10936-018-9573-8

中图分类号：

H0 [语言学];

学科分类号：

030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;

摘要：

This study investigates children's interpretation of sentences with two logical operators: Dutch universal modal hoeven and negation (niet). In adult Dutch, hoeven is an NPI that necessarily scopes under negation, giving rise to a not > necessary reading. The findings from a hidden-object task with 5- and 6-year-old children showed that children's performance is suggestive of an interpretation of sentences with hoeft niet in which the modal scopes over negation (necessary > not). This is in line with the Semantic Subset Principle that dictates that children should opt for the strongest possible reading in case of potential scope ambiguities. The full pattern of results, however, seems to be determined, in addition, by a particular strategy children use when facing uncertainty called Premature Closure.

引用

页码：1193 / 1217

页数：25

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